O. V. Jewitt Community School REPORT TO COMMUNITY 2011-2012

Natural Playscape & Healthy Living

Outdoor Classroom

Field Trips Spirit Week: “Earth Week” focus Development of a natural playscape where Intramurals young children can engage in creative play. Interscholastic Sports Components include: log cabins, water Aviation Museum Regular Phys. Ed. classes Museum and Planetarium feature, canoe, forest; further development Middle Years daily Active Living Breaks taking place over the summer Fort Whyte Family Life Classroom gardens Kidsfest Terry Fox Run Curricular connections through the outdoors Outdoor Education  Writing Children’s Museum Winter Activity Days  Art Classroom focus on fitness/movement  Science Zoo breaks  Math Steinbach Museum Middle Years Life Days  Reading Mariash Quarry MADD Presentation for Middle Years Community gathering/meeting place, including Grade 4 and 4/5 dance class a chess/checker table and pergola Classroom discussions on nutrition Alternative classroom space Jump Rope for Heart Shared use with O.K. Before & After Day Care and O.V. Jewitt Family Centre Marathon Club Middle Years Community Police Presentation: Drug Awareness

Learning Through the Arts Roots of Empathy

Middle Years outings to Manitoba Theatre Student-Led Art Club: Multi-Cultural for Young People (MTYP) Awareness: Oragami and Crafts Classroom based program Middle Years Band Program Classroom book publishing and Regular monthly visits from a baby and parent Middle Years Choirs illustration Development of empathy Early Years Choirs Middle Years Exploratory classes and identifying feelings Guitar Club Special Events such as the K-3 Two families participated Grade 4/5 and 5 Dance Classes performance of “Flakes,” Grade 4 and 5 production of “I Need a Vacation” this year! Grade 5 WSO: Adventures in Music K-5 Music Program Choir and Band concerts Carolling in December Grade 4/5 and 5 Arts Camp Family Evening: Easter Egg Decorating Classroom Art Experiences Working with Clay African Drumming 3-D Art

O.V. JEWITT SCHOOL REPORT TO COMMUNITY 2011-2012

Friendship Bracelets for Sierra Leone

O.V. JEWITT SCHOOL REPORT TO COMMUNITY 2011-2012

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Street Patrols/Kindergarten Patrols Buddy reading Buddy iPads Buddy skating Pickle sales Student/Classroom initiatives: Sam’s Christmas, United Way Koats for Kids, Winnipeg Harvest WE Day Unite to Change:  Fundraising through sale of friendship bracelets for health care in Sierra Leone  Book Collection for Children of the Earth School Recycling (Grade 4 classrooms) Keeping Balance Leadership Conference Phys. Ed. Leadership School-wide Anti-bullying Awareness:  National Pink Day Girlz Jam

FAMILY CENTRE Meeting place for pre-school families Rich learning environment for young children and parents Connecting families with O.V. Jewitt School Recognizing community diversity e.g. Multi-cultural potluck Evening family events: Craft Nights Family Literacy Day

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF Educational leaves – iPads Literacy focus: Drama, Art and Story Writing (Guest from University of Manitoba) Individual teacher professional development Pamela Whyte: Making Sense of Aggression/Cultivating Caring Children Syd Korsunsky: Reading in the Middle Years iPads in the classroom Importance of Play: Playground Games Mental Health Promotion Middle Years Team meetings Sign Language Clay art Provincial Report Card Session

LITERACY Guided Reading, literature circles, novel studies, poetry, story writing, drama, puppet plays, classroom book publishing Classroom connections to Aboriginal Perspectives Penpal experience and multi-cultural potluck Play/drama/art connections to literacy: facilitated by a guest from University of Manitoba Connection between play and story writing Purchase of Punjabi and Tagalog books for the library Purchase of literature reflective of Aboriginal Culture See Spot Read: The Winnipeg Humane Society Reading Program

MATHEMATICS Focus on number sense and understanding concepts through math manipulatives and group work

CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS Grade 4 Science Camp Integration of Math, Literacy, Art, Science, Social Studies, French  Sky watching  Lifecycles Study: Metamorphosis of a butterfly  Family Evening: Astronomy

TECHNOLOGY iPads Utilized technology as a tool for learning e.g. classroom cameras, research, presentations, iPads Stop Animation Classroom videos/projects and presentations Interactive Technology: Smart Boards and projectors